They addressed that, actually.

True to the spirit of journalistic inquiry, your correspondent can attest that seawater has not degraded the taste of the bananas, with the only threats to health posed by skin slippage and by eating too many of them.

Definitely peel it first.

Yeah, I futzed with it a bit. At first I did sesquicentennial, but that’s purely an adjective which isn’t great. Sesquicentenary refers to the day, so that wouldn’t work. So, I made a nonce word which, if you know these other two, is clear.

I’ll just ignore the insulting tone.

Yes, without hesitation, although I’d want to rinse it first to avoid cross-contamination.

Banana picking and shipping as it usually happens isn’t exactly sterile, either. Or the grocery store where everyone is sorting through them. This is also why you should wash anything you don’t peel.

I mean, that was slightly fictional, although that’s the maybe the joke. And set a sesquicentury ago.